Section: Bulgaria
Sofia Open Starts Today with Two Bulgarian Matches in the Qualifiers
The first round of qualifying starts today with the fourth edition of the ATP 250 category tennis tournament in Sofia. The focus of the first day program is two games in which two Bulgarian tennis players meet the most titled players in the main circuit. The champion of the national championship in the hall Gabriel Donev will face the Ukrainian...
Bulgaria and Russia Move Ahead on Gas Pipeline
Bulgaria has pledged to build a new pipeline to pump Russian gas from Turkey to Serbia, EUOBSERVER reports. Three firms, including Russia’s Gazprom, Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz, and Swiss firm MET signed contracts to use it. The project could strengthen EU dependence on gas and undermine Ukrainian security, EU and US diplomats fear. Russia...
Reuters: Bulgaria will Build Pipeline to Transport Russian Gas
Bulgaria will build a pipeline to transport mainly Russian natural gas to Serbia from its border with Turkey after three companies, including Gazprom, filed binding offers for capacity at its gas network, officials said on Thursday, reports Reuters. The project, which forms part of Bulgarian efforts to set up a regional gas hub and win the...
For the First Time Foreign Tourist Visits to Bulgaria Exceed 9 Million, Beating the Record Levels of the Last Two Years
More than 9,273 million were the foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2018, or a 4.4% increase compared to a year earlier, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the press office of the Ministry of Tourism said.First position for inbound tourism last year belonged to Romania, with more than 1.377 million visits, or an...
Ice Fishing Pros Compete in Bulgaria
They battled with snow drifts and waded through knee-deep slush to get to their competition ground on a frozen lake in Bulgaria’s southern Rhodope mountains, reports AFP. The world’s ice angling pros converged this weekend on the Shiroka Polyana lake, 1,500 metres above sea level, to face off at the 16th annual Ice Fishing World...
World Ice Fishing Championship Starts in Bulgaria’s Rhodope Mountains
The World Ice Fishing Championship starts in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains. Fifteen nations with the best anglers in extreme conditions are already practicing at Shiroka Polyana Dam. The official opening of the fishing championship is tomorrow, 24th of January. The event is hosted by the Bulgarian Federation of Fishing Sports and Batak...
Issue related to Ohrid Archbishopric to be settled after completion of dispute related to Macedonia’s new name: Patriarch Neophyte
The issue related to the Archbishopric of Ohrid is likely to be settled after the completion of the dispute related to Macedonia’s new name Bulgaria’s Patriarch Neophyte said. The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church told BGNES agency that the important topic regarding the position of the Bulgarian Holy Synod on the autocephaly of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a Working Visit to Serbia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting his Serbian counterpart on Thursday, when they will sign a series of agreements and memorandums, highlighting the warmth between the two Slavic allies, reported BalkanInsight. Russian President Vladimir Putin said his visit to Serbia, starting Thursday, would focus on military cooperation and upgrading...
Bulgarian, Libyan PMs Intervene to End Oil Tanker Row
The prime ministers of Bulgaria and Libya have said they are working for a “positive outcome” to a dispute over the alleged illegal seizure and sale in Bulgaria of a Libyan oil tanker, reported AFP.In a phone call late Tuesday Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and his Libyan counterpart Fayez al-Sarraj discussed the case of the 61,000-ton...
АFP: Bulgarian, Libyan PMs Intervene to End Oil Tanker Row
The prime ministers of Bulgaria and Libya have said they are working for a “positive outcome” to a dispute over the alleged illegal seizure and sale in Bulgaria of a Libyan oil tanker, reported AFP.In a phone call late Tuesday Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and his Libyan counterpart Fayez al-Sarraj discussed the case of the 61,000-ton...
